As explain in this thread, I want to add shortcuts to switch workspaces (in Mate).
I found a way to switch workspace for the terminal: wmctrl -s $(wmctrl -d | grep "*" | awk '{print $1+1}')
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But this command line does not work when I add it in the shortcut manager. Does any one know why ?
Best Answer
IIRC keyboard shortcut commands are running in an
sh
shell, which doesn't have all the features Bash has.Your command uses some bash-specific syntax though, which is why it doesn't work. The simplest fix is to simply run it in a Bash shell by replacing it with this command below: